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Mortgage or 

 sale of real 

 estate of in- 

 corporated 

 agricultural 

 societies. 

 P. S. 114. 



An Act concerning Real Estate owned by Certain Agricult- 

 ural Societies. 



[Chap. 274, Acts of 1890.] 



Section 1. No incorporated agricultural society which 

 has received or which may receive a bounty from the 

 treasury of the Commonwealth under the provisions of 

 chapter one hundred and fourteen of the Public Statutes 

 shall mortgage or sell the whole or any portion of its real 

 estate until authority for such sale or mortgage has been 

 granted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the mem- 

 bers of such society, present and voting at a meeting duly 

 called for that purpose, and the vote has been approved by 

 the State Board of Agriculture after due notice to parties 

 interested and a hearing thereon. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



Police officers 

 at asricultural 

 exhibitions, 

 etc. 



An Act providing for the Assignment of Police Officers for 

 Special Service at Agricultural and Horticultural Ex- 

 hibitions. 



[Chap. 180, Acts of 1892.] 



On the application of the president of an incorporated 

 agricultural or horticultural society to the proper authori- 

 ties of a town or city in whicli an exhibition of such 

 society is to be held, said town or city authorities shall 

 assign for special service at such exhibition as many police 

 officers or constables as may be necessary to preserve the 

 peace and enforce the laws of the Commonwealth at such 

 exhibition. 



Property and Persons exempted from Taxation. 

 [1*. S., chap. 11.] 



Estate of Sect. 5. The following property and polls shall be 



agricultural _ oil./ i 



societies. . exempted from taxation : ...... 



G. 8.§5,cl.9. '■ 



116 Mass. 189, Ninth, The estate, both real and i)ersonal, of incorporated 

 191. . ' , . . 



agricultural societies. 



Gaming at 

 cattle shows, 

 musters, etc. 

 G.S.85, §9. 



Of Gaming. 



[P. S., chap. 99.] 



Sect. 11. Whoever during or within twelve hours of 

 the time of holding a cattle-show, military muster, or 

 public gathering, within one mile of the place thereof, 

 practises or engages in any gambling or unlawful game, 

 shall forfeit for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty 

 dollars. If he is discovered in the act, he may be 



